After Yesterday's Missile Test, A New U.S. Approach Is Needed To Confront North korea

How Obama Got North Korea Wrong -- Michael Mazza, The Diplomat

Just hours ago North Korea successfully tested what many consider to be intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) technology, underscoring the failure of two decades of U.S. policy. How Washington expected to halt Pyongyang’s missile development program without taking serious steps to do so remains a mystery. While ineffective policies date back to the previous Bush and Clinton administrations, the current administration bears its fair share of the blame.

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My Comment: U.S. allies in Asia are becoming very vocal that a new policy must now be found to confront a more belligerent and dangerous North Korea. Unfortunately .... I do not see any movement to confront North Korea coming from this White House.

Secret U.S. - North korean Talks Fail

North Korea Rebuffs U.S. At Secret Meeting In China -- Foreign Policy

Two North Korean government officials told a top U.S. official dealing with North Korea that the hermitic Stalinist state would not continue on its path to denuclearization, as promised in 2005, until the United States ends what it sees as America's hostile policy to the DPRK.

Clifford Hart, the Obama administration's special envoy to the now-defunct Six Party Talks, met with Han Song-ryol, North Korea's deputy ambassador to the United Nations, and Choe Son Hui, the deputy director-general of the North American affairs bureau in the DPRK foreign ministry, late last month in China, two government officials briefed on the meeting told The Cable. The meeting was held on the sidelines of the Northeast Asia Cooperation Dialogue, which was held this year on Sept. 27 and 28 in the Chinese city of Dalian.

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My Comment: It is going to take a few years before the new leadership in North Korea is in a position to assert it's authority when it comes to pursuing and implementing new policies .... including how it interacts with the U.S. and South Korea. My expectation .... expect the "Hermit Kingdom" to act as a hermit for the next few years.